Liliana Valenzuela is the acclaimed Spanish-language translator of works by Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, Denise Chávez, and many other writers. As a poet, she is the author of Codex of Journeys: Bendito Camino and is an inaugural fellow of CantoMando. An adoptive Tejana, Valenzuela was born and raised in Mexico City and now lives and works in Austin, Texas.